Packaging and logistics
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Packaging and logisticsLogistic: the german Patrizia SE acquires the Piacenza business park (Italy)
Transaction of 70 million euros for a hub from 80 thousand mq between the A1 and the A21 highways
The german real estate giant Patrizia AG has announced the acquisition of Piacenza Business Park. Draft of an operation from 70 million Euro realized through the fund TransEuropean VII: to sell the logistic... more

Packaging and logisticsBrambles reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 5.2%
Among the results: saving of 10 million pallets and enabling the sustainable growth of 3.85 million trees
Brambles has published its 2023 Sustainability Report, which highlights the global environmental, social and governance (ESG) results achieved during the financial year ending 30 June 2023. The Report... more

Packaging and logisticsPackaging directive: the Italian "soft line" passes
Recycling has been encouraged, with more flexible rules regarding the size of containers
After the emissions directive, the Italian line collects a new victory. In fact, a decidedly softened version of the packaging directive has been passed to the Industry and Agriculture Commissions of the... more

Packaging and logisticsTetra Pak: greenhouse gas emissions reduced by 39%
The company's 24th sustainability report has been published: 84% of electricity comes from renewable sources
Tetra Pak presents the 24th edition of its sustainability report, which confirms the commitment and progress made by the company, one of the leaders in food processing and packaging solutions, in five... more

Packaging and logisticsSaica acquires minority shares of two Italian companies
The Spanish paper and packaging group is conquering southern Europe
Involved in the operation Adda Ondulati and Cartaorobica, over 100 million euros in turnover in both. more

Packaging and logisticsAlpla Group invests 60 million euros in South Africa
The construction of a plant capable of recycling around 60,000 tonnes of PET bottles per year is underway
Packaging and recycling specialist Alpla Group has announced a €60 million investment in the construction of a PET recycling plant in the South African city of Ballito. The plant is expected to be able t... more

Packaging and logisticsGualapack acquires Print & Packaging Farma
The international group expands its offer towards an expanding market
Gualapack, with a global presence in the flexible packaging sector with a particular propensity for innovation and sustainability, has acquired through its subsidiary Gualapack Pharma Srl the activities... more

Packaging and logisticsNestlè: 85% recyclable plastic in Europe
In Italy, 97% of the packaging produced by the multinational is reusable
At European level, the Nestlé Group has achieved 85% recyclability for plastic packaging and has reduced the use of virgin plastic for its packaging by 14%. These results confirm the extraordinary efforts... more

Packaging and logisticsNew DS Smith plant in Italy
The 34,000 m2 factoryfor the production of sustainable packaging has been inaugurated
The new DS Smith plant, world leader in the production of innovative and sustainable packaging solutions, was inaugurated in the province of Modena. The new production site of the company, which operates... more

Packaging and logisticsBain Capital and BC Partners invest in Fedrigoni
The packaging group valued at 3 billion euros
Bain Capital private equity together with the BC Partners fund, one of the largest international investment companies, have signed a partnership agreement for the control of Fedrigoni, a Veronese group... more

Packaging and logisticsGuala Closures acquires Labrenta
The Vicenza-based company is a manufacturer of high-end closures for spirits, wine, oil, vinegar and beer
Those who did not know, or did not imagine, that the bottle closures sector also had a luxury branch is satisfied. In fact, it is precisely in this segment that Guala Closures, a multinational group leader... more

Packaging and logisticsCpr System (packaging), 2021 in exponential growth
The group almost made 100 million euros in revenue. Branch kicked off in Spain
In 2021 the revenue data of Cpr System, cooperative group leader in production and recycling of plastic in Italy, have seen an increase of 20% of the consolidated revenue of the group that nearly hits... more

Packaging and logisticsReepack to americans of Pro Mach
The Bergamo-based Company is leader in automatization systems and industrial packaging
Pro Mach Italy 2 srl, brand controlled by the American multinational Pro Mach leader in the industrial sector of packaging, has acquired by the holding RPK s.r.l. – through a congent operation by M&A t... more

Packaging and logisticsEviosys (packaging) invests in France
It will modernize the Breton headquarters with new production and printing equipment
Eviosys, an international smart and sustainable packaging company, announces further investments in one of its sites in France, in Concarneau (eastern Brittany). The company, which supplies some of the... more

Packaging and logisticsNew plant for DS Smith in Italy
The Castelfranco Emila site will be operative by June 2022
The market in Italy has grown by more than 20% since 2013, as a result of the progressive development of e-commerce, the expansion of traditional food & beverage markets, the importance of the fruit &... more

Packaging and logisticsGatorade presents the new 500ml bottle in recycled plastic
Italy will be the first PepsiCo market in Europe to launch the new format
Gatorade, PepsiCo's proprietary sports drink, launches the new 500ml bottle made from 100% recycled plastic. A step forward towards the Group's commitment to the circularity of packaging, to progressively... more

Packaging and logisticsAmorim Cork will produce in Italy 700 million caps in 2022
The Italian branch of the Portuguese company had a turnover of 70.5 million in 2021
Amorim Cork Italia, the fliale of the world-leading Portuguese multinational, recorded 14% production of cork closures in 2021 compared to the previous year, with a consolidated turnover in Italy of 70.5... more

Packaging and logisticsGualapack grows in North America
The new commercial office in Miami has been inaugurated
Gualapack announces the opening of a new commercial office in Miami, Florida, dedicated to the American and Canadian market. The inauguration coincides with a new step forward in the international expansion... more

Packaging and logisticsGuala Closures renews partnership with Vinexpo Paris 2022
From 14 to 16 February the eagerly awaited wine fair
Guala Closures, globally active in the production of aluminum and special closures, will present its latest innovations at the Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris 2022 fair to be held from 14 to 16 February at... more

Packaging and logisticsBerlin Packaging takes over the French company La Parfait
The group strengthens its position in the glass containers segment
Berlin Packagin has completed the acquisition of the Le Parfait activities and brands from OI France Sas, thus strengthening its position as a reference company for the supply of high quality glass containers... more

Packaging and logisticsGuala obtains the "Iscc Plus" certification
It certifies the characteristics of sustainability and traceability of the closures produced in the Spinetta Marengo plant
Guala Closures, a company engaged in the production of special closures for spirits and wines, has obtained the “International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (Iscc) Plus” certification which wil... more

Packaging and logisticsBerlin Packaging continues its expansion in Europe
Acquisition of the French company Gerfran SAS announced
Berlin Packaging announced the acquisition of Gerfran Sas, a family business offering glass packaging solutions, especially for the wine and beverage market. Founded in 1984 and acquired by Lionel Fruh... more

Packaging and logisticsItalmobiliare completes its enhancement of Sirap Group's Assets
The deal represents the exit from the food packaging sector
Italmobiliare’s subsidiary Sirap Gema Spa finalised its sale of Sirap France to the Italian Gruppo Happy, thereby completing the exit plan from packaging activities in the food sector. The process, which s... more

Packaging and logisticsCoca-Cola presents the prototype of a 100% vegetable bottle
The new PlantBottle is made from paraxylene and corn sugar
The Coca-Cola Company has partnered with Changchun Meihe Science & Technology and Upm to introduce the first 100% plant-based plastic beverage bottle, excluding cap and label. The companies used new technology... more

Packaging and logisticsBerlin Packaging acquires the Le Parfait brands
Signed a binding agreement with OI France Sas aimed at growth in the glass packaging sector
Berlin Packaging has announced that it has signed a binding agreement with OI France Sas under which it will acquire the Le Parfait businesses and brands. Founded in the early 1930s in Reims, France, Le... more

Packaging and logisticsPlastic Tax, a levy to be abolished
Exclusive interview with Tiziano Andreini, managing director of Alpla Italia
Plastic Tax, are we moving towards repeal? After a more careful assessment of the social impacts (see for example Assobibe's complaint in this EFA News article), the operators expect a new postponement... more

Packaging and logisticsDea Capital grows in logistics in Spain
The subsidiary RE Iberia will build a new platform with Abrdn in Madrid
DeA Capital Real Estate Iberia has signed an agreement with Abrdn (formerly Aberdeen Standard Investment) for the development of a new logistics hub in Madrid: a last mile location on a plot of over 27,000... more

Packaging and logisticsGualapack continues to expand in Brazil
The Group acquires the laminate manufacturer Teruel Embalagens
Gualapack Spa has announced its expansion plans in Brazil, as part of the Group's strategy for sustainable and global growth through vertical integration. Brazil has been a strategic area for the growth... more

Packaging and logisticsAlpla leads PET recycling investment in Romania
Partnership with Romanian manufacturer Ecohelp, and Swiss United Polymer Trading
Alpla Group, Austrian multinational specialized in packaging and recycling, has announced its investment in the construction of a recycling plant in Romania, in Targu Mures, as part of a new partnership... more

Packaging and logisticsIlpra, half year in strong growth
Turnover up by 32%, net profit leaps by 100%
Ilpra's Board of Directors approved the Consolidated Half-Year Report as at 30 June 2021. The revenues of the Mortara (PV) company, specialized in machinery and technologies for food packaging, amounted... more